Cycloidal chariot.



No. 745,159. Patented November a4, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM D. CRONIN, OF ATLANTIC CITY, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO SAMUEL GREGSON, OF ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY; LlZZIE II. CRONIN ADMINISTRATRIX CF SAID WILLIAM D. CRONIN, DECEASED.

CYCLOIDAL CHARIOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,159, dated November 24, 1903.

Application filed October 21, 1902. Serial No. 128.152. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: for the motors L and M, the former driving 50 Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. CRONIN, a the wheel E through the medium of a Worm citizen of the United States, residing at Atlan Z and worm-wheel Z and the latter in a simitic City, in the county of Atlantic and State lar manner driving one of the truck-wheels of New Jersey, have invented certain new and through the medium of a worm m and wormuseful Improvements in Revolving Railways, wheel m. The power necessary to drive said 5 5 of which the following is a specification. motors is carried over a wire to and supplied My invention relates to certain novel feato the motors through trolley connections to, tures in the details of construction of that the return-current to the source of electrical IO class of pleasure-railways known as revolvenergy W being carried over one of the rails ing railways which are employed at seaf, as illustrated in Fig. 2. 6o shore and mountain resorts and other public In operating the device the WheelE is turned places. to bring one of the carriages to a desired p0- My invention has for its object the details sition, while the truck remains stationary in of construction embodied in the commercial order to allow the first of the series of carreduction to practice of such devices, which, riagesitobeentered. When the carriageshave among other things, comprise means for opbeen filled, the motor driving the truck is set crating the truck independent of the wheel in motion, and as the truck is carried over which is supported and carried thereby,and the rails the wheel E is also caused to revolve,

20 in other details of construction, all of which which gives the occupants of the carriages a will be hereinafter fully illustrated and demotion in two directions, one around the axis scribed. of the wheelE and the other along the track F.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Having described my invention, what I Figure 1 illustrates a side view of the device claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

25 forming the subject-matter of my invention, is

showing'the manner in which the device is 1. A cycloidal chariot comprising a wheel operated upon a railway; and Fig. 2 is a plan of large diameter, provided with pivoted carof the same, showing, among other things, the riages, a truck arranged on each side of the manner of operating both the chariot-wheel wheel, and supporting the same, and a frame 30 and the trucks by which the same is carried. connected to the truck members and sur- Referring to the reference-letters, A repre-. rounding the wheel, substantially as speci- 8o sents the truck, which is formed of hollow fied. supporting members A and A each of which 2. A device of the character specified, comis properly journaled to receive flanged supprising a'truck, a structural loop supported 5 porting-wheels 0, adapted to rails ff of the centrally by the truck, a wheel revolutely track. F. The truck members A and A are mounted upon the truck within the loop, and connected together by a frame D, which forms guide-wheels carried by the truck, and adapta structural loop in which the wheel E reed to rails, substantially as specified. volves. The wheel E is formed of two metal 3. A device of the character specified, com- 40 rims E E, which have spokes ea, &c., conprising in combination a truck centrally di-' nected to hubs E E mounted upon a shaft vided and connected by a loop, a wheel rev- G. Extending from one to the other of the olutely mounted upon said truck within the rims E are rods H, to which are journa-led loop,,meansfordriving said wheel, andmeans the carriages I, provided in the usual manner independent ofthe wheel mechanism for driv- 45 with seats I. The shaft G, upon which the ing the truck, substantially as specified.

wheel E is turned, issupported upon journals 4. In combination, a truck comprising sup- J J, secured to the truck members A and A porting members each of which is provided The truck member A is provided with a with a pair of supporting-wheels adapted to projecting platform K, which forms a support a track, a wheel revolutely mounted upon the truck, a frame inclosing said wheel, and connected to the truck members, means for driving said Wheel, and means for driving the truck independent of the means for operating the Wheel, substantially as specified.

5. In combination, a truck, comprising hollow supporting members each of which is provided With apairof supporting-Wheels adapted to a track, a Wheel revolutely mounted upon the truck, a frame extending in a horizontal plane around the wheel and connected to the truck members, an electric motor adapted through the medium of a Worm and worm-Wheel to drive said Wheel, and a motor adapted to operate the wheel of the truck infor driving the truck, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WVILLIAM D. ORONIN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM T. LEEK, WALTER W. CALMORE. 

